Meditation urged as a response to AI’s rise

Time published an essay arguing that meditation is essential in the age of artificial intelligence, as machines increasingly predict and perform tasks once considered uniquely human.

The piece says AI’s speed, scale and lower cost promise progress but are also prompting economic disruption and a growing sense of anxiety, disconnection and doubt in human abilities. Drawing on Vedic, Himalayan and indigenous traditions that see life and intelligence in nature, the author describes meditation as humanity’s oldest technology for accessing an absolute intelligence that transcends data alone.

The essay outlines three domains—the outer physical world (Bhoot Akash), the inner realm of thoughts and emotions (Chit Akash), and a deeper space of pure awareness (Chid Akash)—and argues creativity flows from deep consciousness into thought and then into the world. It notes decades of research demonstrating meditation’s benefits and rising interest in breathwork, and the author argues that genuine progress will require measures of inner wellbeing and that meditation may be the doorway to an intelligence that needs no programming and is closer than we imagine.

Key Topics

Culture, Meditation, Artificial Intelligence, Vedic Tradition, Bhoot Akash, Chit Akash